hoary
/hɔː.ɹi//hɔɹ.i/
adjective
- 1
White, whitish, or greyish-white.
- 2
White or grey with age.
“The old man bowed his hoary head in acquiescence.”
- 3
Of a pale silvery grey.
- 4
Covered with short, dense, greyish white hairs; canescent.
- 5
Remote in time past.
- 6
Moldy; mossy; musty.
- 7
Old or old-fashioned.
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